Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 8, 2009
After being out of action for over two months following a shoulder injury that needed surgery, dashing opener Virender Sehwag is hoping to return to top notch cricket through the ICC Champions Trophy next month. I am hoping to play in the ICC Champions Trophy. My rehabilitation is going well, he said .Sehwag sustained the [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 28, 2009
There are trends developing in world cricket that are of concern to the future of the game, including in India, Indian coach Gary Kirsten said here, saying Team India has to decide its priorities in terms of Test cricket and other forms of the game, like T20. Kirsten was speaking on Saturday at a gathering [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 27, 2009
There are trends developing in world cricket that are of concern to the future of the game, including in India, Indian coach Gary Kirsten said here, saying Team India has to decide its priorities in terms of Test cricket and other forms of the game, like T20. Kirsten was speaking on Saturday at a gathering [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 10, 2009
Convinced that Sourav Ganguly was unfit for Twenty20 cricket, former Kolkata Knight Riders coach John Buchanan had asked the left-hander to quit after the first edition of the Indian Premier League. In his latest book ‘The Future of Cricket: The rise of Twenty20′, Buchanan revealed advising Ganguly to quit Twenty20 even though the then Knight [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 10, 2009
Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi is working tirelessly on his next brainchild Champions League that is scheduled to start in October, and is hopeful that it will be successful. Champions League, which was scheduled for December last year, was postponed in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks. It was rescheduled and will now be [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 9, 2009
Sachin Tendulkar is not fit for Twenty20 cricket since he is neither inventive nor fearless, according to former Australia coach John Buchanan. Buchanan does not doubt the Mumbaikar’s greatness in Test and ODI formats but the former Kolkata Knight Riders coach insists Twenty20 is just not Tendulkar’s cup of tea. “Tendulkar has been lauded, and [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 3, 2009
The Pakistan Cricket Board has given a green signal to all-rounder Sohail Tanvir to play for his Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals in a charity match against Middlesex at Lord’s on July 6. The sports management company, which represents Tanvir, said in a statement that Tanvir would represent the Rajasthan Royals in the match [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 3, 2009
Barring a couple of individual performances, the Indians have generally been a pale shadow of themselves in the first two matches of the four-match series and Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team has a daunting task to put it across the hosts. With the series locked 1-1, both the teams will go all out for a victory [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 2, 2009
Likening Twenty20 cricket with “dessert” which is delicious but could not satiate one’s hunger, Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has said Tests were the “main course” of meal and he cannot survive without it. “Twenty20 is like deserts? It tastes good but you can’t fill up your stomach with it? You have to have a [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 2, 2009
Out-of-favour middle order batsman Mohammad Kaif is quietly hopeful of returning to national colours, banking on his previous international record and impressive current domestic performance. Kaif, more popular for his agile fielding skills, had a horrid run with the bat in 2005-6, but the Uttar Pradesh cricketer refuses to believe it was his form which [...]
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